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He's actually doing pretty well, and has been standing on his own some lately during PT!! Looks good, has lost some weight, seems to be happy and getting on well. I'll tell him you asked.

As noted, I'm looking for a full or partial set of these to buy or borrow. Thanks! Tim

While I'm working on a whole slew of new things, I'm trying to squeeze in a few easy ones at the same time. One of those is Jerry Rutman's B-25 tail gun canvas cover and gun set formerly sold by Grey Matter Figures. It's ready to cast for 14 USD (tax inclusive), so shoot me an email or PM if you need one! Tim bnbresigndesign@gmail.com

Damn nice!!

I saw it, but I can find no corroboration.

Believe me, that crossed my mind. The problem is that I am bumping up against the limits of what I can handle while still employed full time and with another part time job. I just made a casting deal with another company that will eat ALL of my spare time for at least a few weeks. I'm reaching the point where I may have to cut my regular hours back to 4 days per week to have an extra day to devote to this stuff. I'd just quit and do this full time if I could make enough to get by, but I'm not quite ready to do that. Damn sorry to see another good one fold up.

Insanely well done! Especially impressed by the realism of the road surface.

Great kit, best Sherman ever!! Built it a few years ago myself.

What the hell is a tally?

That P320-going-off-by-itself stuff is very, very uncommon, in my experience, and usually due to some sort of pilot error. The ones that had any issues were the very first ones, and they fixed that on subsequent models. You can also buy it with a manual safety now. Mine does not have one, it is the striker fired no safety type. I find it to be quite safe if you're not a stupid dipshit (which I hope I am not!!). I keep it in a level 2 retention holster so nothing can access the trigger, and take the "ready-to-go" nature of it very seriously, especially since there is always a round in the chamber. The Uberti Yellow Boy is on my bucket list. They do make outstanding firearms. Mine is a Beretta Stampede, but made by Uberti. It is a very faithful replica. Keep trying, you will not be sorry if you get one.

I love 1911s!! I do not like Glocks. They feel cheap and toy-like to me. Plus, if I run out of ammo with my 1911, I can use it as a club. For modern semi-autos, I prefer SIG. I have a P320 Nitron full size with the x-change kit that allows it to shoot both 9mm and .40 S&W. My all time fave pistol is the Colt Peacemaker in .45 Colt. I have a nice Uberti made replica that is a beautiful gun with case hardened frame and 5.5 inch barrel. Just a ton of fun!!

Anyone have any details?

Good call. I'm not fond of that look, either. Too uniform.

We call them "porta-potties" or "honey buckets" here! 😆

I think it would be fun to see a whole bunch of 1:24 and larger aircraft show up. That's pretty uncommon.

This was free swag at US Nats, but I don't build in the girly scales, so they are free to anyone who wants them for the cost of shipping it to you. Tim

Then it's all on you, Mike!! Shirts, stickers, swag, table, everything!! 😁

Very nice work!

Dang nice looking work!!

I think next year in Virginia, we should reserve a table specifically to promote LSM, and maybe LSP, too, since many of us are members of both. That way, there is a place for members to connect so no one gets missed. I have not decided yet if I can go, but I'd sure like to.

Here is a photo from dinner Friday with the LSP/LSM members we were able to connect with (sorry to anyone there that we were not able to find). Clockwise from left are Radu, me, my wife Christie (partially hidden by Radu's noggin), David and Kathy Enders (denders), Mike (phantom of LSM, recon on LSP), and Mike's buddy Bob. We also were able to connect with Gary Hatherly of GT Resin, and Carl (bloorwest) and son, but they were not able to attend this dinner. I'll post more photos here as soon as I can. Ernie was planning to come to Nats, but was unable due to a last minute injury (not serious), but I'll let him tell you about that. Tim

I'm really glad you and your son got to come for the day, Carl!! Hopefully, we'll have the chance to meet again sometime!!

We have arrived!! See you tmrw!!

I haven't told my wife I bought it. She mostly doesn't care as long as I bring in enough from the business to pay for it, but I do not have that much saved at the moment. Hopefully it will pay off when we do taxes, because I can write off stuff like that now as R&D expenses, since I use kits to develop or improve products. I rarely just build one for fun anymore.

The B-25H kit just arrived from Amazon in perfect shape. First time I've seen one up close - nice kit! If anyone wondered if the deal was legit, it definitely is! And it's still current if anyone is interested. Good thing I make at least 3 different add-ons for that kit, courtesy of Harold. Tim